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Whether or not you agree with his opinions on games, there's no denying that Tom Vasel is a pillar of the board game community. Five years ago Tom had a son named Jack, who only managed to live two months. A memorial fun was started in 2011, to help with medical bills associated with Jack's hospital stay.
Read MoreIt's been a while, but we're bringing it back! It's time for Kickstarter weekly! Let's jump in!
Read MoreIn the last few months we've seen a slew of games coming out of Japan--being imported to the States. One of the titles getting the most buzz is Deep Sea Adventure, from Oink Games, a push-your-luck game about searching for treasure on the ocean floor. Is Deep Sea Adventure a gas, or will it give you the bends? Let's find out!
Read MoreTicket to Ride is easily one of the most important board games in our hobby. And one of the greatest things about it is that it's easily expanded. And now Days of Wonder have released their fifth Map Collection: UK and Pennsylvania.
Read MoreToday's review is for a game that's been around for many years: Tsuro. It's an abstract game where you're placing down tiles and moving pieces along the paths on the tiles. The winner is the person who can stay on the board the longest.
Let's take a look!
Read MoreMore and more, tabletop gaming and electronic innovation are colliding, in an attempt to create a new niche in the tabletop gaming market.
And that brings us to today's preview: Boogie Dice, along with the game Bots Battleground, both currently on Kickstarter...
Boogie Dice are--get this--self-rolling dice! They're activated by loud sounds (snapping fingers or clapping hands), and Bots Battleground is the first game designed to take advantage of this new technology.
So what did I (Jeremiah) think of this new contrivance? Best keep reading to find out!
Read MoreIf there's a game that rivals the popularity and accessibility of Catan, it's the classic tile-placement game Carcassonne. So It only makes sense that The Broken Token would create one of its clever, ingenious inserts for the game. Today we're taking a look at that insert!
Should you stuff this insert in your Carcassonne box, or just stuff it?
Let's find out!
Read MoreUnlike, say, Gen Con, Essen Spiel doesn't usually grace us with big gaming news. Games debut there, and we know about them ahead of time.
So rather than Essen news, here's some good reprint news: Both Medici and Princes of the Renaissance are coming back into print.
Read MoreWe love Euros. The clean, interlocking mechanisms. The multiplayer solitaire. And don't forget the thrill of playing as Mediterranean merchants for the 100th time. But sometimes we just wanna kill something with our friends. And Mistfall wants to fill that void. In today's review we'll find out if Mistfall has what it takes to be the co-op dungeon-crawler we're looking for. Let's check it out!
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